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Herbert Connor Sentenced to One Year for Felony Sexual Battery by Restraint

District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that Cambria resident Herbert George Connor (73), who was convicted by a Jury on February 1st of this year, was sentenced for his convictions of felony sexual battery by restraint, misdemeanor sexual battery, and assault. He was found suitable for probation and sentenced to one year custody in the San Luis Obispo County Jail.

Double Murder charges filed against Daniel R. Johnson (31)

District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that Daniel R. Rodriguez Johnson (DOB 04/23/1987) was charged with two counts of murder for the killing of Carrington J. Broussard (27) and her full-term...

Charges filed against CMC escapee David Grayhall (26)

David Gregory Grayhall, who escaped from the California Men’s Colony on October 30, 2018, has been charged with escaping custody, vehicle theft, and having a prior violent under the Three Strikes...

Brayan ArellanoVazquez (DOB 11-27-1998) booking photo

Charges filed in gang-related robbery in Shell Beach

District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that his office has filed felony charges against Brayan ArellanoVazquez (20) of Santa Maria. Charges include Robbery, Attempted Carjacking and Assault...

Nathan George Rieger (DOB 08-18-1965) booking photo

Former Canadian pastor sentenced to two years in prison for sex crime

Nathan George Rieger, a citizen of Manitoba, Canada and former pastor (DOB 08/18/1965), was sentenced to two years in state prison today for arranging to meet a 15-year-old for lewd purposes in...

Jury Convicts Travis Dawson of Transportation of Methamphetamine and Heroin and Possession of a Firearm

District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that, a San Luis Obispo County jury found San Miguel resident Travis Ray Dawson (DOB 2/3/1994) guilty of transportation of methamphetamine and heroin for...